Today's News

Starting in November, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) will accept and process applications for enrollment in the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP), the nation’s largest conservation program. Applications will be made available in local service centers.

I know stuff, although most of it is useless.
Like, only 30 percent of people can flare their nostrils.
I know that two-thirds of people tilt their heads to the right when they kiss and that supposedly chewing gum while cutting onions will keep you from crying. Since I don’t chew gum, I don’t know how true that is. I also don’t know why onions make you cry.

CITY ON A HILL
City on a Hill evening services are held on Wednesdays at 7 p.m.; Sunday services are at 10:30 a.m. and at 6 p.m.
Services are held at the Center at 201 N. Second St., Berry, Ky.
For more information call 859-954-1573 or 859-954-0579.
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Don’t forget to plan to join City on a Hill for its fourth annual New Year’s service.

A collective sigh of relief.
The election is over.
Campaign signs have been taken down. Thank-you candidates for that.
Whether your favored candidate won or not, the election is over. Finished. Done.
As a city, county, state and nation, we must move forward. There is much to be done by all of our public officials.
In 1939, Irving Berlin first drafted these words:
God Bless America,
Land that I love.
Stand beside her, and guide her
Thru the night with a light from above.

With the changing of fall leaves comes the migration of wildlife, particularly deer. The Kentucky State Police is urging all motorists to be aware of the increased dangers posed by deer wandering onto roadways this fall.
“Drivers should be engaged, alert and on the lookout for deer this time of year. Deer mating season leads to higher roaming activity all across the Commonwealth, which leads to more car-deer crashes,” says KSP Lt. Michael Webb.

Berry elects its next
city commissioners
The city of Berry elected its next board of commissioners during last week’s general election.
Three names appeared on the ballot and were a shoo-in for selection. The fourth seat was won by write-in. George Keith Ison received four write-in votes and will also be on the commission that takes office on Jan. 1, 2017.

Mayor James Smith and County Judge-Executive Alex Barnett announced the arrival of the state’s broadband initiative, KentuckyWired, to Harrison County and Cynthiana.
KentuckyWired, also referred to as Kentucky I-Way in eastern Kentucky, is a statewide, open-access fiber optic network which will deliver robust, reliable and affordable Internet to communities across the state through broadband technology, Smith said in a press release.